Rapper 50 Cent slammed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ apology video, which he posted on social media after footage surfaced showing the music mogul attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura .
CCTV footage from a 2016 incident shows Combs chasing the singer down a hotel hallway before punching her and knocking her to the ground. Combs, wearing only a towel around his waist and a pair of socks, then attempts to drag Ventura back into the hallway.
Posting on Instagram in response to Combs’ subsequent apology video, 50 Cent – real name Curtis Jackson – said: “This isn’t going to work, who’s advising him right now?” Bad move from SMH.
Combs, 54, took to Instagram to break his silence over the images just hours earlier. In the video, Combs called his behavior “inexcusable” and said he “takes full responsibility for his actions in the video.”
He called the incident “one of the darkest moments of his life”, saying he was “screwed up” and “disgusted by his actions”.
The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper said he “asked God for mercy and grace” but was “not asking for forgiveness,” adding that he was “truly sorry” and he had sought professional help and received therapy. rehab following the 2016 incident.
“It’s so hard to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you have to,” he said. “I was screwed – I hit rock bottom – but I can’t make any excuses. My behavior in this video is inexcusable.
In another post shared hours after the CCTV footage surfaced, 50 Cent, 48, posted a photo of a statement previously shared by Combs, in which he denied allegations of trafficking, rape and sexual abuse brought against him.
The “In Da Club” rapper wrote alongside: “Lie detector test determined this to be a lie…”
Before the hotel security footage came to light, Combs had strongly denied all allegations against him, including claims that he trapped Cassie in “a cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking.” during their relationship.
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The independent has contacted Comb’s representatives for comment.
50 Cent has continued to publicly comment on the series of lawsuits filed against the musician in recent months. When Homeland Security raided both of Diddy’s homes “as part of a federal sex trafficking investigation” on March 25, 50 Cent posted an image of the raid, writing, “Sh*t got real…The Fed is in every fucking crib. They handcuffed the children.”
In March, 50 Cent teased the audience at a show in Phoenix by saying, “We don’t want too much love, you know what happened with Brother Love and s***,” referring to the new nickname that Combs adopted in 2017.
The “21 Questions” singer also offered to buy Revolt, a television network Combs founded with Andy Schuon in 2013, after Combs resigned as president.
The rapper also announced plans to make a documentary about Combs, saying the film would break viewing records. Alongside a parody cover of Combs, 50 Cent wrote the caption on his social media: “This is going to break records when this drops.” »
The newly discovered video from 2016 CCTV footage appears to corroborate several allegations made in a lawsuit Ventura filed in 2023, in which she claimed she was trafficked, raped and beaten by Combs repeatedly over 10 years.
The incident reportedly took place at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. CNN verified the location based on publicly available photos of the former hotel’s interior.
Combs signed the R&B singer to his label in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37. The couple struck up a relationship after which the singer says a cycle of abuse began. Combs has strongly denied all allegations against him.
According to the complaint, which cited the hotel hallway altercation as occurring “around March 2016,” Combs became “extremely intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura in the face, giving her a black eye.”
After Combs fell asleep, Ventura said she tried to leave the hotel room, but he woke up and “followed her down the hotel hallway while yelling at her,” it says. the complaint.
“He grabbed her, then took glass vases from the hallway and threw them at her, causing the glass around them to crash as she ran toward the elevator to escape,” a- he declared.
Combs is currently facing a series of civil lawsuits that accuse him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape. Combs has vehemently denied the allegations against him, while his lawyers have called the lawsuits and their accusations of money grabs, “baseless” or “sickening.” The musician has not been formally charged.
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